‘We say gay’: Bills targeting LGBTQ+ community have some South Florida families worried

MIAMI — When Richard Denis-Carr thinks about the direction Florida is headed, he considers packing up and moving his family out of the state. Denis-Carr, who lives in Pembroke Pines, worries that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential ambitions have stirred up hate against the LGBTQ+ community. He fears for the future of his 10-month-old son, Zachary, who he’s raising with husband Joseph Denis-Carr. “People like Ron DeSantis and people like the legislators ... are doing it because it excites their base, and it gets their base to vote for them,” he said. Recent measures taken by the Florida Legislatur...